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Sunday 23 September 2012

Abc Tonight Show

James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno /ˈlɛnoʊ/ (born April 28, 1950)[1] is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights a p.m. ), also on NBC. After The Jay Leno Show was canceled in January amid a host controversy, Leno returned to host The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 1, James "Jay" Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1950. His mother, Catherine (née Muir;, a homemaker, was born in Greenock, Scotland, and came to the United States at age 11. Leno's father, Angelo (1910–1994), who worked as an insurance salesman, was born in New York to immigrants from Flumeri, Italy. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, and although his high school guidance counselor recommended that he drop out of school, he later obtained a Bachelor's degree in speech therapy from Emerson College, where he started a comedy club in ] Leno's siblings include his late older brother, Patrick, who was a Vietnam veteran and a lawyer.